Focus Ireland Highlights 1,000% Rise Every Month in Homeless Families
September 22, 2019 No Responses

Focus Ireland Highlights 1,000% Rise Every Month in Homeless Families

There has been an increase of more than 1,000% in the number of families becoming homeless every month since 2011, a charity has claimed. Focus Ireland released the figure as it launched its pre-budget submission calling for action to fast-track...
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Sinn Féin Up 6% in Latest Opinion Polling
September 21, 2019 No Responses

Sinn Féin Up 6% in Latest Opinion Polling

Sinn Féin has made a gain of six percentage points in the latest Behavior and Attitudes poll for the Sunday Times. The party now stands at 20% for the first time since April. Fianna Fáil has retained the lead at...
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Archbishop of Ireland Pays Tribute to Seamus Hegarty
September 21, 2019 No Responses

Archbishop of Ireland Pays Tribute to Seamus Hegarty

The Catholic Archbishop of Ireland has paid tribute to the late Seamus Hegarty. The former Bishop of Derry and Raphoe died at the age of 79 at Letterkenny Hospital in his native Donegal on Friday following an illness. Dr Hegarty...
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EU Insists on ‘Fully Workable and Legally Operational’ Solution for Brexit Deal
September 20, 2019 No Responses

EU Insists on ‘Fully Workable and Legally Operational’ Solution for Brexit Deal

The European Union insisted that a “fully workable and legally operational” solution to the Irish border issue must be included in any Brexit deal, after suggestions from the UK that the details could be worked out after October 31. Brussels’...
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Coveney Says There Are Still ‘Serious Problems’ Over UK Effort to Remove Backstop
September 20, 2019 No Responses

Coveney Says There Are Still ‘Serious Problems’ Over UK Effort to Remove Backstop

Ireland has played down the prospect of a Brexit breakthrough, pointing to a “wide gap” between Boris Johnson’s position and that of the European Union. Simon Coveney said there were still “serious problems” over the UK’s efforts to remove the...
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Taoiseach Condemns Attack on Quinn Executive as ‘Cowardly and Brutal’
September 19, 2019 No Responses

Taoiseach Condemns Attack on Quinn Executive as ‘Cowardly and Brutal’

The Taoiseach has branded the abduction and beating of businessman Kevin Lunney as “cowardly and brutal”. Leo Varadkar said he was horrified by the attack on the Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) executive. His comments came after Tánaiste Simon Coveney com...
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Taoiseach To Try To ‘Get A Deal’ In UN Meeting With Johnson
September 19, 2019 No Responses

Taoiseach To Try To ‘Get A Deal’ In UN Meeting With Johnson

Leo Varadkar says he will try to get a deal on Brexit when he meets Boris Johnson in New York next week. “We were in touch today. I’m going to meet him next week in New York and try to...
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Sinn Féin Voice Opposition to Stormont Veto on Backstop
September 18, 2019 No Responses

Sinn Féin Voice Opposition to Stormont Veto on Backstop

Sinn Féin’s deputy leader has voiced her opposition to a Stormont veto on the Irish backstop. Michelle O’Neill said her party does not support such a veto because “a backstop that can be vetoed is not a backstop”. It comes...
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Soldier F Bloody Sunday Case Reaches Court in Derry
September 18, 2019 No Responses

Soldier F Bloody Sunday Case Reaches Court in Derry

The prosecution of a former soldier accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday has reached a courtroom for the first time. The case of Soldier F, who also faces five attempted murder charges in relation to the shootings in Derry...
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Garda to Send Armed Police Unit to Border Ahead of Brexit
September 18, 2019 No Responses

Garda to Send Armed Police Unit to Border Ahead of Brexit

A new armed police support unit will be moved closer to the border in preparation for Brexit, the garda commissioner has said. Commissioner Drew Harris was speaking to a Dáil justice committee on Wednesday, when a number of representatives asked...
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